NAZARETH SCHOOL PRAYER

Lord, teach me to be generous,

Teach me to serve you as you deserve;

To give and not to count the cost,

To fight and not to heed the wounds,

To toil and not to seek for rest,

To labor and not to ask for reward,

Save that of knowing that I do your will.

Amen

Thank you so much to everyone who has completed the Parent Survey. As you are aware, our school improvement goals this year involve improving students reading comprehension skills and improving community involvement in our school. This survey is a valuable tool in monitoring our progress to date. Over the rest of Term 3, I will share aspects of the survey results with you.

We have had an amazing response to the survey, with approximately 33% of our families responding. Out of the 92 respondents at the time of writing this message, 77.2% expressed satisfaction with the increased methods of communication this year. COMPASS remains the primary source of information, however social media, newsletters, SeeSaw and the electronic notice board provide reminders or additional details as needed. Having multiple avenues to communicate with our parents and carers provides opportunities for as many parents/carers as possible to have easy access to information. I also endeavour to provide as much notice as possible to all events, as indicated in my ‘Dates for your Calendar’ document that is shared with you via COMPASS in preparation for each term. Weekly information is also available as a reminder on social media each Sunday evening.

You will notice our Nazareth staff wearing new staff shirts on one day per week from now on. These shirts have been designed by our Aboriginal Education Assistant, Mr Mark Mongta. This Shirt holds great significance as it allows the Nazareth School community to further grow the relationship and knowledge regarding Indigenous Culture. The design includes various symbols that represent learning, gathering, meeting place and yarning. These symbols are of great importance as they explore the significance of conversations and passing down of dreamtime stories in the community. Not only do the symbols hold great importance but so too do the colours. Traditionally the colours include oranges, yellows, reds and browns, however blues are also incorporated to represent the saltwater area in which we gratefully live. The blues also show the connectiveness between the land and our school, helping to further show the kinship between the Indigenous culture with the school, students, staff, and families. As Mr Mongta explains, the main message behind this story is sharing, learning, and most importantly appreciating the land which we all share. We are so thankful for Mr Mongta designing this shirt, and to Miss Biggs for co-ordinating this design. This design will show how proud we are as a community.

The Wave FM Breakfast Broadcast on Wednesday morning was a great success. We were absolutely thrilled to host Jade and Damian and the Wave FM crew in our playground for the broadcast of their breakfast show and our students were all super stars! The announcement of the winner of the $10,000 will take place on Monday 14th August. Fingers and toes crossed please everyone!

On Saturday 26th August, Bishop Brian Mascord will celebrate mass for the 30th anniversary of Fr Joe's ordination. All students and their families are warmly invited to attend the mass at 11am. A reception will follow at the Parish Hall. For catering purposes Please RSVP to the Parish email: shellharbourcity@dow.org.au or  (02) 4296 3939.

St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal

Last week Mini Vinnies ran a fundraiser for the St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal.  Our delicious hot chocolates were once again a huge success, raising $406.40  Thank you so much to the students and families who came along and supported our fundraiser.  Look out for hot chocolates again soon.

Feast of Mary Mackillop

Each year on 8 August (Tuesday), we celebrate the Solemnity of Saint Mary of the Cross Mackillop, Australia’s beloved first saint. On this day, we celebrate the important role she played in making education accessible for children in our country.  Mary Mackillop devoted her life to ensuring a holistic Catholic education for children from rural and poor families, where children would not or could not go.  For these children and their families, Mary opened a door of hope into the future. Students will be learning about Saint Mary Mackillop in their religion lessons this week.

Feast of the Assumption

Next Tuesday, 15 August, we will be having a whole school mass for the Feast of the Assumption for the Blessed Virgin Mary.  Assumption Day commemorates the belief that when Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, died, her body was "assumed" into heaven to be reunited with her soul, instead of going through the natural process of physical decay upon death.  Mass will be at 11:30am and we will be celebrating this feast day with the students from Stella Maris.  We would love families and friends of students to join us. 

Wednesday Mass and Faith & Learning visits

This week Year 1 (Faith and Learning visit) Year and 2 (Mass only)  will be attending 9am mass on Friday. Year 1 will be having their learning visit to the classroom with parents.  Year 2 will take their turn with parent visits in Week 8.  Families of both Years 1 and 2 students are warmly welcome to attend mass with their children.  We love to see as many families as possible.

Save the Date - Year 3 First Holy Communion

If your child is in Year 3 or older, there will be an information and name recording session for names of students wishing to celebrate the sacrament of First Holy Communion on Thursday 7th September at 7.00pm at the Parish Hall.  Enrolment will be at the weekend masses on 9 and 10 September. Celebration of the Sacrament of First Holy Communion will be held on Sunday 26 November 2023 at 11am  & 2pm.

All mass times can be found in the All Saints Parish Bulletin and all other important information. A link can be found on the Parish Website:  https://www.dow.org.au/parish/all-saints-catholic-parish-shellharbour-city

This term in 1H we have been listening to stories from the Bible called parables. Parables are special stories told by Jesus that he told so people could be closer to God and make the right choices. The parables that we have been listening to have been about God’s kingdom and how God’s kingdom is precious like treasure, priceless like a pearl and grows like yeast when you add the correct ingredients. Here are some pieces of work to show what some 1H class members think God’s kingdom is most like.

Two weeks ago we presented our Genius Hour research projects on Grandparent’s Day. Throughout term 2 we were asked to select a topic that we would like to learn more about. We then used an inquiry approach to guide us in our research to answer our “big question”. Finally we had to come up with a way of presenting our findings to the community. We are proud of what we have achieved and know our parents and grandparents enjoyed the presentation too.

Jude McMullen, Michael Manurung, Alyssa Ryan, Layla Ryan, Alessandra Barrass, Lachlan Smith, Adam Stojanoski, Ava Aitchison.

PRINCIPALS AWARDS 

Ariella Elphick

Felix Forlano

Zoe Jader

Abigail Butler

Cara Cave

Bethany Farrugia

Liza Khomoutov

Kayden Moyo

Patrick Schonrock

Layla Rabay

Jacob Bugg

Amelia Hopley

MERIT AWARDS

South Coast Athletics Carnival

Congratulations to all Nazareth students who competed at the South Coast Athletics Carnival. The students represented our school with pride and great sportsmanship and achieved some fantastic results. 

Congratulations to the following students who will represent Nazareth at the Wollongong Diocese Primary Athletics Selection Trials on Tuesday 15th August at Kerryn McCann Athletics track.

Alexa.T

Aria.P

Iyla.H

Airlie.B

Aubrey.P

Nate.R

Olivia.S

Matilda.M

Ziggy.E

Iylah.F

Morrison.C

A special mention must go to Ziggy who was awarded 2nd overall champion in the Junior Boys division - what an achievement!!!

Congratulations to the students in 

Galilee 

house colour who earned the highest amount of tokens last term! Galilee house colour students had the privilege of wearing green mufti clothes to school last Monday.

The token count has begun again…

NAZARETH PROMOTIONAL FILM

The film captures a day in the life of a Nazareth student.
Click https://youtu.be/olug9FWvZQI to view the film

FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM PAGE FOR NAZARETH

If you haven't already please follow our school pages to keep up to date with events at school and for photos and updates from across the school. 

Please click on the direct links to follow our pages:

www.facebook.com/nazareth.shellhabour

www.instagram.com/nazareth.shellharbour

SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY 

Please click on the below link for a direct link to the social media policy.

https://www.dow.catholic.edu.au/about-us/policies/social-media-policy/